I mean, this google app that matches your face to a piece of fine art. Anyone suspicious of just surrendering your facial recognition to google or are we confident they already have that at this point? 4:04 PM - 14 Jan 2018

The Washington Post reached out to Google for comment and a spokesman for the company assured users that they were not using these photos for anything more than matching faces to the artwork.

This is also clearly noted in the app itself. Google let's users know that they will only store the photo for the duration of the time it takes to search for the portrait.

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